ADSM-L

Re: Tape Drive / Library Recommendations

1999-09-07 07:41:33
Subject: Re: Tape Drive / Library Recommendations
From: Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 07:41:33 -0400
>We are currently using an ADIC Scalar 1000 with AIT-1 drives.  We ran into a
>problem with ADSM/AIT where during a tape copy, ADSM tries to mount the source
>tape as Read Only.

And what is wrong with that?  There's no purpose in having the source tape
read-write, and is even hazardous should the copy fail due to a bad output
tape, for example.  Remember that tapes are not "updated" (it's not a
capability of the medium): rather, ADSM keeps track of what remains on the
tape via its database.
   Richard Sims, BU